SAP Functional Lead: Inventory & Planning

Centrica; Windsor; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica is seeking an experienced SAP Functional Lead for Inventory, Planning & Data to own SAP-centric planning capabilities, including IBP and MRP. You will drive reliable, scalable, standard-focused planning solutions and collaborate with Product, Operations, Data and Finance to improve forecast accuracy and stock visibility.

You will lead functional design, KPIs, and guardrails, balancing sustainability with innovation as the platform matures.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience delivering forecasting, replenishment and inventory optimisation in SAP-centric planning landscapes.
• Strong command of SAP planning data structures and hierarchies, including product/location hierarchies and master data.
• Proven experience defining and governing planning KPIs within SAP-centric landscapes (forecast accuracy, bias, MAPE, plan adherence).
• Practical understanding of S&OP cadence, replenishment policies and service-level vs. cost trade-offs.
• Awareness of SAP-native AI capabilities, ML in demand forecasting and ERP-centred adoption realities.

Responsibilities

• Own and shape the functional design of inventory, forecasting and replenishment across SAP planning systems.
• Champion fit-to-standard planning and inventory design, prioritising SAP standard approaches.
• Partner with Master Data, Analytics and Finance to ensure master data services are correctly consumed.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Operations SMEs to enable data-driven forecasting and inventory management.
• Establish reliable planning processes with explainable forecast outputs and traceable KPIs.
• Define and track planning KPIs such as forecast accuracy, bias, MAPE and inventory health.
• Identify where AI and automation can improve forecast accuracy and planner productivity.

Skills

Forecasting & replenishment

Inventory optimisation

SAP planning

IBP & S/4HANA

Data governance

Tools

SAP IBP

S/4HANA MRP

Predictive MRP

IBP for Demand

Job description

Centrica is seeking an experienced SAP Functional Lead for Inventory, Planning & Data to own SAP-centric planning capabilities, including IBP and MRP. You will drive reliable, scalable, standard-focused planning solutions and collaborate with Product, Operations, Data and Finance to improve forecast accuracy and stock visibility.

You will lead functional design, KPIs, and guardrails, balancing sustainability with innovation as the platform matures.